Jack Blessing
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Jack Blessing is an American actor.
Career
Blessing is best known for playing Jack Powers in George LopezGeorge Lopez (TV series)
"The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez...
, MacGillicudy in Moonlighting
Moonlighting (TV series)
Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...
, Mr. Donner in The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth
-Literature:* The Naked Truth , a fictional memoir by Leslie Nielsen* The Naked Truth , a commentary on film ratings-Film:* The Naked Truth , a 1914 silent Italian film* The Naked Truth...
, and for making various appearances in television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
.
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | The Defection of Simas Kudirka The Defection of Simas Kudirka The Defection of Simas Kudirka is a 1978 television movie based on actual events, featuring Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian merchant seaman in Soviet-era 1970 who attempts to defect to the United States by jumping onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Among the movie's awards are two Emmys and... |
Kabek | Television movie |
| 1979 | Women at West Point | Tom Fenton | |
| 1981 | Miracle on Ice Miracle on Ice The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22... |
Mark Pavelich | |
| Galaxy on Terror | Cos | aka Planet of Horrors | |
| 1985 | Amos Amos -First name:* Amos , one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible**Book of Amos, his writings* Amos, son of Nephi and his son Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon... |
Scott Lasher | Television movie |
| 1986 | Hamburger... The Motion Picture Hamburger... The Motion Picture Hamburger... The Motion Picture is a 1986 teen sex comedy film directed by Mike Marvin and starring Leigh McCloskey. In the film, main character Russell has been expelled from multiple schools because of his crude behavior. To be able to collect his trust fund, he needs to earn a college diploma... |
Nacio Herb Zipser | |
| Blind Justice | Larry | Television movie | |
| Children of a Lesser God Children of a Lesser God Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. An adaptation of Medoff's Tony Award-winning stage play of the same name, the film stars William Hurt and Marlee Matlin as two employees at a school for the deaf:... |
Announcer | Voice role | |
| 1987 | LBJ: The Early Years LBJ: The Early Years LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1963... |
Billy Bob | Television movie |
| Tonight's the Night Tonight's The Night -Films:* Tonight's the Night , a 1934 British film starring Leslie Fuller* An alternative title for the 1954 film Happy Ever After-Musicals:*To-Night's the Night... |
Peter | ||
| Summer School Summer School (film) Summer School is a 1987 film directed by Carl Reiner about the travails of a high school gym teacher who is forced to teach a remedial English class for a bunch of maladjusted goof-off students. It stars Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. The original music score was composed by... |
Student | ||
| Strange Voices | Dr. Dorfman | Television movie | |
| 1989 | Uncle Buck Uncle Buck Uncle Buck is a 1989 John Hughes comedy film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffman, and Macaulay Culkin, and co-stars Jay Underwood and Laurie Metcalf.-Plot:Bob Russell Uncle Buck is a 1989 John Hughes comedy film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby... |
Additional Voices | |
| 1990 | Joshau's Heart | Nick | Television movie |
| The Sprit of '76 | Voice Talent | ||
| Working Tra$h Working Trash Working Tra$h is a 1990 television film and one of the first TV movies made for the then-burgeoning Fox Network. The film stars George Carlin and also features a young Ben Stiller in his first leading role.-Cast:*George Carlin as Ralph... |
R. Judson Kimbrough | Television movie | |
| 1991 | The Marla Hanson Story | Joel | |
| 1992 | The Last of His Tribe | Tom Waterman | |
| Miss America: Behind the Crown | Eric Chandler | ||
| Samantha Samantha (film) Samantha is a 1992 American film starring actress Martha Plimpton. Though at the time already a film actress for nearly ten years, this was the first vehicle in which Plimpton was the star. The film co-starred Mary Kay Place, Hector Elizondo, Ione Skye and Dermot Mulroney... |
Herman Hathaway | ||
| 1994 | The New Age The New Age The New Age was a British literary magazine, noted for its wide influence under the editorship of A. R. Orage from 1907 to 1922. It began life in 1894 as a publication of the Christian Socialist movement; but in 1907 as a radical weekly edited by Joseph Clayton, it was struggling... |
Additional Voices | Voice role |
| 1999 | Murder at 75 Birch | Detective Todd Holman | Television mocie |
| 2000 | Ground Zero Ground zero The term ground zero describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation... |
Sportscaster | aka California Quake (USA: DVD title) |
| Above Suspicion Above Suspicion Above Suspicion is a 1995 suspense thriller written by William H. Macy, who also has a small role in the film. The film stars Christopher Reeve as a paralyzed police officer who plots to murder his unfaithful wife and her lover... |
Nick | ||
| Thirteen Days Thirteen Days (film) Thirteen Days is a 2000 docudrama directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars, with Bruce Greenwood featured as John F. Kennedy.... |
John Scali | ||
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film also features John C. Reilly, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Amy Adams, Gary Cole, Jane Lynch, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Various Saturday Night Live alumni also... |
Jarvis | |
| Open Season Open Season (film) Open Season is a 2006 computer-animated comedy film, written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman and directed by Jill Culton, Roger Allers, and Anthony Stacchi, and production designed by Michael Humphries... |
Additional Voices | ||
| 2007 | Shrek the Third Shrek the Third Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007... |
Additional Voices | Video game (uncredited) |
| Television | |||
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Goodtime Girls Goodtime Girls Goodtime Girls was a short-lived situation comedy produced by Garry Marshall and his associates, Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis, and Robert L. Boyett, which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 to August 29, 1980... |
N/A | "Homefront" (Season 1, Episode 1) |
| 1981 | Quincy M.E. | Dr. Lindeman | "Slow Boat to Madness: Part 1" (Season 7, Episode 3) "Slow Boat to Madness: Part 2" (Season 7, Episode 4) |
| M*A*S*H | Capt. Rollins | "Snappier Judgement" (Season 10, Episode 8) | |
| 1983 | Small & Frye | Chip Frye | 6 episodes |
| Remington Steele Remington Steele Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic... |
George Plummer | "Steele Away with Me" (Season 2, Episode 1) | |
| 1985 | Family Ties Family Ties Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young... |
Leonard | "Oh, Donna" (Season 3, Episode 13) "Cold Storage" (Season 3, Episode 21) |
| George Burns Comedy Week George Burns Comedy Week George Burns Comedy Week was a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup.As he was age 89 when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series... |
N/A | "Disaster at Buzz Creek" | |
| 1986 | Moonlighting Moonlighting (TV series) Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes... |
MacGillicudy | 17 episodes; 1986–1989 |
| 1987 | Stingray Stingray (TV series) Stingray is a children's marionette television show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment from 1964–65. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ITV in the UK and in syndication in the USA. The scriptwriters included Gerry and... |
N/A | "Playback" (Season 2, Episode 3) |
| CBS Summer Playhouse CBS Summer Playhouse CBS Summer Playhouse is an American anthology series that ran from June 12, 1987 to August 22, 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the summer season.-Overview:... |
Jerry | "In the Lion's Den" (Season 1, Episode 16) | |
| thirtysomething | Jeff Haggis | "We Gather Together" (Season 1, Episode 6) | |
| 1988 | Day by Day Day by Day (TV series) Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith , and Thora Birch... |
Kevin Farrell | "How to Succeed in Day Care" (Season 1, Episode 2) "Out for a Stretch" (Season 2, Episode 9) 1988-1989 |
| Amen Amen (TV series) Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s... |
Lawrence Osborne | "Get 'Em Up, Scout" (Season 3, Episode 5) | |
| 1989 | China Beach China Beach China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans... |
Sgt. Masters | "Afterburner" (Season 2, Episode 14) |
| Mancuso, FBI | Swenson | "Conflict of Interest" (Season 1, Episode 3) | |
| 1990 | Empty Nest Empty Nest Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995. The series was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris. For its first three seasons, Empty Nest was one of the year's top 10 most-watched programs... |
Evan Phillips | "Complainin' in the Rain" (Season 2, Episode 16) |
| 1991 | The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida... |
Father Monroe | "There Goes the Bride: Part 2" (Season 6, Episode 17) |
| Roseanne Roseanne (TV series) Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family... |
Cyrano/Phil | "Communicable Theater" (Season 3, Episode 18) | |
| 1994 | SeaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction... |
Gaye | "The Stinger" (Season 1, Episode 16) |
| The Larry Sanders Show The Larry Sanders Show The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders, and centered on the running of his TV show, and the... |
Dennis Markle | "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" (Season 3, Episode 8) | |
| Diagnonis Murder | Special Agt. Matthew Dickerson | "The Last Laugh: Part 2" (Season 2, Episode 10) | |
| 1995 | Cybill Cybill Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995 to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the series revolves around Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her show... |
Stan | "How Can I Call You My Ex-Husbands If You Won't Go Away?" (Season 1, Episode 2) |
| Northern Exposure Northern Exposure Northern Exposure is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.-Overview:The series was given a pair of consecutive Peabody Awards: in 1991–92 for the show's "depict[ion] in a comedic and often poetic way, [of] the cultural clash between a... |
Professor Aaron Martin | "The Graduate" (Season 6, Episode 17) | |
| The Naked Truth The Naked Truth -Literature:* The Naked Truth , a fictional memoir by Leslie Nielsen* The Naked Truth , a commentary on film ratings-Film:* The Naked Truth , a 1914 silent Italian film* The Naked Truth... |
Mr. Donner | 20 episodes; 1995–1996 | |
| Life with Louie Life with Louie Life with Louie is an American animated series. The show is based on the childhood of stand-up comedian Louie Anderson, growing up with his family in Wisconsin.The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox.... |
N/A | "A Fish Called Pepper" (Season 1, Episode 4) voice |
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| 1996 | Dangeroous Minds | Mr. Overton | "Family Ties" (Season 1, Episode 5) "Evolution" (Season 1, Episode 9) |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe... |
Dulmur | "Trials and Tribble-ations" (Season 5, Episode 6) | |
| Murder One Murder One (TV series) Murder One is an American legal drama series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.-Premise:... |
Detective Seybolt | "Chapter Five, Year Two" (Season 2, Episode 5) "Chapter Nine, Year Two" (Season 2, Episode 9) "Chapter Eighteen, Year Two" (Season 2, Episode 18) "Chapter Seventeen, Year Two" (Season 2, Episode 17) 1996-1997 |
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| 1997 | Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff... |
Dr. Hammond | "Debra's Sick" (Season 1, Episode 13) |
| ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television... |
Roger Drummond | "Post Mortem" (Season 3, Episode 12) | |
| Home Improvement | Dr. Breen | "Room at the Top" (Season 7, Episode 3) | |
| Cracker | Detective Bobby Leary | "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" | |
| C-16: FBI | N/A | "Orange Kid" | |
| Smart Guy Smart Guy Smart Guy is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis. The series ran on The WB for three seasons from April 2, 1997 to May 16, 1999.-Premise:The show centers on the misadventures of boy genius T.J... |
Mr. Delk | "Book Smart" | |
| Brooklyn South Brooklyn South Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill... |
Officer Anthony Fiano | "Love Hurts" "Gay Avec" 1997-1998 |
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| Pensacola: Wings of Gold Pensacola: Wings of Gold Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. Episodes aired in several countries outside the US including Portugal, France, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Australia... |
Rudisill | "Past Sins" | |
| Profiler Profiler (TV series) Profiler was an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia.... |
Burton | "It Cuts Both Ways" "Old Acquaintance" |
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| The Practice The Practice The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston... |
D.A. Horowitz | "Hide and Seek" | |
| 1998 | Maximum Bob Maximum Bob Maximum Bob was a short-lived television series that debuted in 1998 on ABC TV. Starring Beau Bridges, the show was based on Elmore Leonard's 1991 novel with the same title.-Premise:... |
Agent Neff | "Bay of Big's" |
| NYPD Blue NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan... |
Dr. Swan | "Brother's Keeper" "Hearts and Souls" |
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| 1999 | Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della... |
Howard Heller | "My Brother's Keeper" |
| It's Like, You Know... It's Like, You Know... It's Like, You Know... was a short-lived American situation comedy television series broadcast by ABC, starring Jennifer Grey, Evan Handler, Steven Eckholdt, A.J. Langer and Chris Eigeman, about life in Los Angeles viewed through the eyes of a diehard New Yorker, Arthur Garment... |
Mr. Lynch | "Author! Author!" "Coast to Coast" |
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| 2000 | Any Day Now | Mr. Schillings | "The Dust of Life" "Coast to Coast" 2000-2001 |
| Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly... |
Russell Lynchburg | "Convictions" "The Cook of the Money Pot" 2000-2002 |
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| City of Angels | Deputy Chief Shaw | "SWAT's Happening" | |
| 2001 | That's Life That's Life (2000 TV series) That's Life is an American dramedy series created by Diane Ruggiero, that was broadcast on CBS from October 1, 2000 to January 26, 2002.-Synopsis:... |
Leo Kelley | "Bad Chemistry" |
| 2002 | The X Files | Dr. Jack Preijers | "Audrey Pauley" |
| George Lopez George Lopez (TV series) "The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez... |
Jack Powers | 20 episodes; 2002–2007 | |
| 2009 | The Closer The Closer The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods... |
Dr. Dennis Blair | "Walking Back the Cat" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Officer Danny Finn | "Coup de Grace" | |